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Medevac repeal vindictiveness foreign to our sense of ourselves as a nation
ANDY HAMILTON SJ writes that the Federal Government’s repeal of the Medevac legislation has stripped the benign mask from the Australian treatment of minorities to reveal a vindictiveness foreign to our sense of ourselves as a nation. To a casual observer the repeal of the Medevac legislation may seem to be unimportant. It touches less…
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Submission to the Inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting. In our submission, we argue that Gender Responsive Budgeting offers a critical mechanism to help achieve gender justice. To ensure that gender equality commitments are fully realised, we believe that the Victorian budgeting framework should take into account the effect…
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Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Commission for Children and Young People’s Our Youth, Our Way systemic inquiry into the over-representation of Aboriginal children and young people in Victoria’s youth justice system. The impacts of colonisation, racism and dispossession continue to be felt by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and…
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Submission on the proposed Residential Tenancies Regulations 2020
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation regarding the proposed Residential Tenancies Regulations 2020, the implementation of which offer a positive framework to protect the rights of vulnerable and disadvantaged renters across Victoria. Our submission focuses on ecological justice – that is, the interconnection between environmental and social justice, and how…
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Submission to the 2020-21 Federal Budget
In supporting people to reach their full potential, we cannot ignore the structural barriers to participation that many people face, including poverty, locational disadvantage, a lack of appropriate housing and a social safety net that has been chronically underfunded. The imperative to address these factors underlines Jesuit Social Services’ submission to the 2020-21 Federal Budget.…
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Submission to the 2020-21 Victorian State Budget
Many Victorian communities experience significant and persistent disadvantage that manifests in high rates of disengagement from school, joblessness, homelessness, drug and alcohol misuse, family violence, child maltreatment, offending, mental illness, and pain and trauma. These are complex challenges and, not surprisingly, evidence shows that simplistic, siloed solutions do not work to turn around entrenched disadvantage…
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Submission to the New South Wales State Budget 2020-21
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the 2020-21 NSW State Budget. For more than ten years, Jesuit Social Services has been working in Western Sydney to help communities break out of cycles of disadvantage by developing local answers to local problems. Our submission to the State Budget is centered on…